CMY2) Royal British Commonwealth Society 1977 official QEII Silver Jubilee FDC collection in Padded Silver Album. 52 covers in all, unaddressed and with descriptive text for each country. Issued at $4.95 each = over $250. Very good condition, front cover just showing a little age. Very cheap at under $1.50 per cover, price $77

CMY6) Great Britain 1982 - 1986 FDC's in as new $40 Tan leather look double FDC album. All official Royal Mail FDC's with Philatelic Bureau cancels. Appears complete for the period and includes High Values, Machins, Regionals and Commemorative sets. A very clean lot, virtually as issued. 60 covers in all, has to be worth $1.50 each, the very nice album is free! Price $89

CMY6A) Great Britain 1987 - 1995 FDC's in as new $50 Burgundy leather look double FDC album. All official Royal Mail FDC's with Philatelic Bureau cancels. Appears complete for the period and includes High Values, Machins, Regionals and Commemorative sets. A very clean lot, virtually as issued. 100 covers in all, has to be worth $1.50 each, the very nice album is free! Price $149

CMY7) Australia Puffing Billy Railway Belgrave Vic. 2004 Cover collection in near new Heavy Duty Black & Gold Binder on 36 Hagners some double sided, new cost of these alone around $120! 74 superbly produced unaddressed covers to celebrate the 150th anniv. or Railways in Australia, in two different designs bearing the 50c Locomotive stamps, some in gutter pairs. These sell at $3.50 to $6 each on eBay. Very low price of under $2 each, the binder and Hagners come free! Price $145

CMY8) Postmarks on piece, carton full in 4 large stockbooks of Victoria 1952 - 1995 organised alphabetically. Must be 5000 or so, some from places I have never heard of! All good strikes and neatly cut around. Have to be worth 10c each, price $495

CMY12) Australia Replica cards 1984 - 2001, as issued by Australia Philatelic Federation at $5 each, with approval of Australia Post. Contains the 1st 44 cards issued, some of which are very scarce now. Housed in as new Seven Seas Padded Brown Replica Card Album (Cost $150 alone) So an original purchase price 19 to 36 years ago of $370. Less than half price, $179

CMY13) Australia Replica cards 2002 - 2011, as issued by Australia Philatelic Federation at $5 each, with approval of Australia Post. Contains the 14 cards issued during this period, some of which are very scarce now inc. the 1930 Sturt in Issued Colours! Housed in as new Seven Seas Padded Burgundy Replica Card Album (Cost $75 alone) So an original purchase price 9 to 18 years ago of $145. Less than half price, $69

CMY14) Australia Decimals used collection in 3 Lighthouse Stockbooks 1990 to 2009. Appears virtually complete for the period, and all postally used! Most have nice circular cancels, and includes both sheet and peel & stock stamps. A steal at under $10 per year! Face must be close to $1000! Price including the 3 useful stockbooks $199 the lot.

CMY15) Australia 1956 Olympics, complete set of 52 "Royal" covers with pictorial cancellation for each event. Each bears either a 4d Green Koala, or 4d Olympics stamp, as some handstamps were authorised for use before the stamps were! Also 1 cover with the full set of stamps. Many different events pictured on the different coloured and varied cachets. Rarely seen these days, a few are a bit aged. All neat typewritten address. A very scarce assembly, price $795

CMY16) China 1992 Year Book de-luxe Burgundy leather edition. Does not have the limited edition minisheet, otherwise would be $200 +. Price $79

CMY19) Australia 1947 - 52 range of KGVI era. Illustrated FDC's plus 3 x 1950 National Philatelic Exhibition covers, 1 with large exhibition label in red-brown attached. Priced up to sell at over $350 based on Rod Perry's website price list. includes 3 registered items, two of which are from the exhibition. Issues included at Scouts, Stamp Centenary, UPU, Federation 50th anniv. etc. 14 covers. Price under a half, $149

CMY20) World carton lot of 6 large stockbooks with mainly earlier World collections, (no Australia) most postally used and virtually all different. Some useful China noted. Roughly 2500 to 3000 stamps, some decent pickings throughout. Got to be worth $349

CMY21) Germany, all periods in lovely 32 page stockbook with full colour pictures of German States stamps on cover. Noted Germanias to 4 Marks fresh mint unhinged, inflation period to 1 Billion Marks (I kid you not!) Also fresh mint unhinged. Plenty of Hitler Heads, then WWII Allied occupation issues, then West Berlin & West Germany mainly fine used to 1986. A very good lot of 650 - 750 all different and in nice condition. Price $149

CMY28) United Nations Geneva 1949 - 1985 virtually complete mint unhinged, including the Switzerland 1949 1st set of overprints. Housed in a $295 Lindner T Burgundy Hingeless Album, virtually as new with pages to 1990. Stamps Cat. at approx. £195. Dirt cheap at under 50% cat. for the stamps and the very nice album is free! Price $189

CMY29) Butterflies, ex deceased estate. Fine lot of approx 850 different on 52 Hagner pages in as new heavy duty Maroon Ring Binder, cost of these alone to buy today close to $120, plus unopened packets of 200 & 300 different, a number of Tea trade cards and a few FDC's. Not only that but a brand new Michel Butterflies Catalogue, still in shrink-wrap which alone retails at $150. Many of the stamps are in long Definitive sets, mint unhinged. Good countries like Falkland Is. to £3, Cocos (Keeling) Is. to $3, Papua New Guinea to $2, Norfolk Is. to $2, Malaysia 12 sets of 7 each from a different State. China 1963 set of 18 cto, etc, etc. This really is a great lot with 1350 stamps, mostly all different. Really has to be worth many $100s, just the items mentioned worth around $450 plus another 1250 stamps mostly different. Price $795 the lot

CMD1) NZ huge accumulation early – modern in 2 stockbooks, Seven Seas Album, Tasman Album and Hagner Binder. Mint & used inc. many minisheets. Noted 1960 Pictorials used to £1, horizontal pair, $2 Multicoloured Geyser etc. Bits and pieces of Australia & other World stamps not counted. 1000’s! Will well repay sorting. Weighs around 6.5kg $495 the lot.

BELOW WE HAVE A WORLDWIDE LOT IN ORIGINALLY 39 ALBUMS, SOME ARE NOW SOLD. THE ESTATE OF A RETIRED NUN. ALL IN HOME MADE POST STYLE ALBUMS. EACH ALBUM HAS ALL DIFFERENT STAMPS FROM A WIDE PERIOD EARLY TO VERY MODERN, MAINLY POSTALLY USED. THIS LADY KEPT ACCURATE RECORDS OF THE NUMBER OF STAMPS IN EACH ALBUM. THIS LOT IS TOTALLY UNPICKED AS RECEIVED.

CMO1) Europe 2, mainly Bulgaria early to modern, plus some Cyprus plus a few other bits & pieces. Stated to be 533 stamps, under 10c each, price $49

CM020) Africa 3, Namibia to Tanganyika. Stated to be 1378 stamps. Good range of French and British former colonies, early to modern. Strength in Southern Africa. Also some nice Sudan. Priced under 15c per stamp, $189 the lot

CMO24) Germany, all areas & periods inc. States & Occupation issues. Most postally used, some better singles and sets. Stated to be 2450 stamps. Under 15c a stamp, price $349

CMO26) Italy, early to modern mostly postally used. Stated to be 2027 stamps. Very nice lot. Under 15c a stamp, $289

CMO28) Oceania 2, Fiji to Ross Dependency. A very good lot of mostly postally used early to modern. Very good Fiji, New Hebrides & Norfolk Is. Stated 1246 stamps. Well worth 25c per stamp, priced under that, price $295

CMO31) Vatican, in 2 volumes. Volume 1 starts with some nicer earlies and is quite complete to about 2010. Volume 2 is a white Ace Album 1929 – 1980 and sparsely filled. Stated to be 1428 stamps, under 15c each. $195

CMO36) North & Central America with West Indies, plus United Nations. Very wide ranging from Queen Victoria onwards. Most postally used. Stated to be 1502 stamps. Very good value at around 15c per stamp. Price $225

CMO37) South America, most postally used early to modern. With good Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Peru etc. Stated 1789 stamps. Good value at around 15c each $265

CMO39) World Collection in Old Universal Album, fastbound, Burgundy colour with gold blocking. 7th edition, published by Wm. Ackland Melbourne. Virtually nothing removed. 340 pages, including 10 full page maps! Very good condition and nothing after 1937 it seems, most postally used, some mint. Condition a bit mixed, but a lot of good pickings. Noted Australia Kangaroos to 2/- Brown, KGV 4d Lemon, good Europe, South America, Japan, New Hebrides & USA. Am guessing roughly 2500 stamps. At 15c per stamp this is a steal. Price $375

SE10) Sweden, collection of 1500 different, most if not all nice postally used. Price on my packets list for 500 is $70, and 1500 would normally be around $275. Just two to offer here at half price: $137.50 each

AP17) Nice little starter collection of 50 different Australian States. On our list at $56, special price $49

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